Good steers can be bought right out of a salebarn for market price if you know what you are looking for.They wont be clipped or broke or fat.With calves at all time highs and 500 /600# calves bringing over $2.50# a $1500 dollar calf will be average price.If you know someone that knows what they are doing many salebarn operators will let you sort a couple off for club work and some people wont like this but real world cattle feeders will sort of the longer haired colored clubby types and they will be discounted.I bought a single out of a group of real good A.I. calves that was younger,hairy, and lighter for $.20 under what group brought that went to a great home that won a major show.Clip jobs,photo shopped pictures,A/C kept young calves that are full fed have their best day the day you load them.